Change-making machine



J. A- PLOPPER.

CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I. 1913.

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CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

APPUCAHON msn oc. l. 1913.

1,194,316. Pafendfmg. 8,1916.

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By W rra/mfr I. A. PLOPPER.

- CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I, I9I3. 1,194,316. PawndAug. 8,1916.

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J. A. PLOPPER.

CHANGE MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 'ocrl I. I9I3.

PatenteaAug. 8, 1916.

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J. A. PLOPPER.

CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED oc'T. I. 1913.

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CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATIUN FILED OCT. l, I9l3. 1,194,316. A Patented Aug. 8,1916.

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CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

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Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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J. A. PLOPPER.

CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION msn ocT.1. 1913.

Patentemug. 8,1916.

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JAMES lA. PLOPPER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CHANGE-MAKING MACHINE.

Application 1ed-0ctober 1, 1913.

To all 1.o )1.0m t may concer/1L Be it known that I, JAMES A. PLOPPER,ay citizen of the United States, and a resident oi thecity`of.l)ortland; county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Change- Making Machines, of which thefollowing is a. specification.

My invention relates to change making machines and has for its inainobject the providing of a machine for use in Lpay as y you enter streetcars or other colnmon carriers, in order to facilitate the collection offares and, further, the incorporating oi' mechanism in such machine bywhich' is mechanically returned the correct change to which thepassenger may be entitled.

It is further my object to provide a machine which is adapted to be usedin three different ways: first, to deliver Achange aggregating the sumindicated by the operated pay-key; second, to make automatic subtractionfrom the coin tendered by withholding in the machine, and accumulatingin indie vidual coin-tubes, a` predetermined part of the sum representedby suoli coin, and paying out the balance from the machine; and third,vto deliver avportion of the change into a fare-till contained in themachine, and pay out the balance from the machine.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a right end elevation of mymachine, a portion of the delivery spout being broken away, and thesupporting means being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a` plan view of mymachine with a portion of the cover plate broken away and certain partsof the interior mechanism omitted 'for the purpose oi' clearness; theview is here taken in the direction pointed bythe arrow A in Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is a` horizontal sectional view showing one of the individualcoin tubes and a part ot' thc key mechanism for paying out and deductingcoins contained in the coin tube;

Figs. 4, 5, and 5 show details of onstruc-V tion, the first two showingside elevations and the last a top view; Fig. (i is a partial verticalsection of t-he case oi the machine taken approximately on the line G-Gof Fig. 2; this view illustrates the construction and. operation oi themeans by which the tills are locked in place; Fig. 7 is e detailSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented A1102 S, 1916.

Serial No. 792,893.

in end elevation of the mechanism by which tional side elevation of adetail shown in Fig. 7; Fig. 11 is a right-end,elevation showing adetail of the construction and 0peration of the gate controlling theoutlets of a coin-tube, also of the pay-key, and deducting keymechanisms; Fig '12 is a plan showing how all the pay keysare'connected-so as to operate simultaneously all the pay-keys of thelower coin denomination than the key operated; Fig. 13 is a `sectionaldetail of the means provided' in the inlet` coin chute for examining thecoin deposited, and returning the same if required; Fig. 14 is a generalsectional view of my machine; F ig. l5v is a detail in side elevation ofthe dollar coin tube, showing its pay key and' deducting key mechanismand coin gate; the parts are shown in their normal positions, z. c.,ready for operation. 'lhe bearing portion of the frame of the machine onwhich the pay key is pivoted is not shown in this view; Fig. 1G is asimilar detail in side elevation of the half-dollar coin tube, and itsoperating parts; .in this view the deducting mechanism is shown ashaving been operated; Fig. 17 is a sectional view showing a. detail voithe mecianism by which a coin may be switched from a coin tube intoeither the fare-till or through the delivery chute; such switch ispreferably provided only in the penny, nickel and dime coin-tubes; Fig.18 is a perspective view of parts shown in Fig: I7; Fig. 19 is a detail.of the shifting mechanism for throwing the penny and one nickel ejectingdevices into operative state; Fig. 2O is a side elevation of the samemeclianism; show* ing in addition the automatic deducting means forthrowing one of the dime Vejecting mechanisms into inoperative statewhenever the shifting mechanism has been actu# ated to throw the nickeland penny ejecting tion as designed 'loi' use in a autoniatically tiltedinto locked position when not having any coin bearing on it; Figs. 2 and25 show, respectively, a front elevation and a section of the deliveryspoutl and the weighted gate hinged thereon; Fig. 26 is a further detailol one ol the gates ot' the coin-tubes; and Figs. 2T, 2S and 29 showdetails of construction and operation et' paykeys made of main andauxiliary members, in order to provide for the paying out of anindividual coin it desired.

My machine is furtheri'nore so contrived that in all cases the changemay be so made that the coin ot lowest denomination will be eithe' anickel or penny; and at any time when a coin required to complete theamount ot change is not forthcoming, the machine will automatically lockitself against operation until such coin is provided.

To the same end my machine'. among oizhc.v eiiiliodies further thefollowing iinporiant teatures` viz:

A syslein ot' key-actuated mechanism wherehy ihe correct change is madeand delivera 'roin the machine; key-controlled niccl anis-in wlorlocking` all parts against operation v-zieii the machine is not to beused; inechansin which niay be operated to shunt n the individual cointubes either 'Ulllt inia da; tare till or the delivery chute;nierhaaisiii which will permit the operator to i isp-ect i coins andtickets deposited in the rare chute, and to throw out those which areincorrect: and a supportingmeans by which iny machine may beresiliently, yet securely. :aounted on Idie cross-bars ot a supportiA i*i i s iai usti'ate and describe my invent car.

einer sti l The. case. a. ott' my machine is made with :in angularpartition '7). providing till spaces 2. ln the top otl this casevarefoin slots. 1:, 1X, e, et which the siitute the inlets to a seriesot'1niii. s an inlet to the tube d which dis- "fs into a "tare-till j' (seeFig. (i) contained in the space and the slot c constitutes an inlet toaV tube c. which discharges directly into another and smallercoiiductoi-`s till 7. contained in the space g. The. conductors till y/is confined within the corner partition o and the fare till takes up theremaining` portion ot' the bottoni ot the case. The object in having two.tills is to provide a special till for the conductor in which hedeposits his personal change. reports. etc.. segregated from thecoinpanys cli'ects. ln Figs. 6 and 7 is shown a convenient means wherebythese tills are automatically locked in place in the machine, whenpushed into the case, and may be trilocked only by the use of a spe-'cially madskey. Sec Figs. S and 9. To

pay as yoir artic-al coin tubes ct; the slot d' this end the cornerpartition L is provided on opposite sides (sec Figs. (3 and T) withtixed leaf springs It, and a pair ot bolts if, located on opposite sidesot' the partition b, are normally projected into engagement with thetills f and g by the coil-springs j, See Fig. G.

The pawls i are connected by a pin t' vertically movable in the slot iof the partition b. The coil-springs are restrained within the housings7c, which are riveted to opposite sides ot' the partition l1. The lowerends of the bolts are. inade with beveled heads, and when either ol thelills is pushed back into the case. said bolts will ride up and snapover the ends ot such till, and thus lock the latter against beingpulled out until the bolt holding it is withdrawn. `dvhen the latteraction has taken place, the leaf springs It, which will have beencoinpressed by the inward thrust oiI the tills, will expand and push thetills' outwardly tar enough so that they may be easily withd ra wn.

As individual locking means, I have provided the. locks m and n.. torthe fare till and conductors till respectively (see Fig. (5), the keysto these locks heilig kept by the coinpanys representative and theconductor, so that neither one will have access to the till of theother.

rfhe mechanism for raising the bolts i also controls certain other partsnot yet described. so the details of such mechanism will again behereinafter referred to.

l(')n the lett end ot the case` (L, is fixed a tare-hopper 0, providedat its lower portion with a delivery chute o (see Figs. 2, (i and il-l), which is inclined inwardly through the end wall of the case and isadapted to discharge the Jfare into the fare till f. A shaft y) isjournaled in the side walls ot' the tarehopper o, and rigidly holds anexhibiting plate q. See Fig. 13. A spring r normally ,holds said plate(j against a stop s. The bellcrank z? is rigid on the projecting end otthe shaft p, and has a small crank handle u. A shaft o, also journaledin the hopper 0, has fixed on it an expelling member w, having aweighted end ai adapted to hold said chute normally in vertical'positionas shown in Fig. 13. The shaft ,o has rigidly lixed on its projectingend an arm y, made with a crank-handle A slotted link 2 operativelyconnects the bell-crank t and the arm y. The sides ot the hopper aremade of transparent material, thus exposing the fare deposited in thehopper to View. It the operator is satisfied that the fare deposited isright. lie-will operate the hz ndle il', thus rotating the shaft 7J,tilting the plate r/ and causing the tare to be discharged into the tarechute o and thence into the tare till lt the coin deposited is not allright, the 0perator will return it by seizing the crank- The front ofthe case, a., is provided with a series of parallel, verticallyextending, in-v dividual coin-tubes 3,- adapted to receive coins ofdifferent denominations, ior example as indi :ated on the black keys ofFig.

2. The structure of these tubes is shown in Figs. 3, 7, and 16., Theyconsist of parallel sides 4 and 5, spaced apart by an intermediate plate7, having a` thickness slightly 15 greater than that of the coi n to beinserted in the tube, and leaving a space at the front of the tubeslightly greater than the diameter of the coin to be contained in thelatter. A portion of the plate 5 is cut a way as shown at 5 in Figs. 15,16, so that the number of coins contained in a tube at any time may beobserved by the operator.

A shaft 8 is fixed in the end walls of the case (i andv rotatablymounted on this shaft ai'e lever-like arms 9 one for each coin tube.

See Figs. 15, 1G and 23. To the upper end of each of such arms ispivoted a coin-gate .10, so positioned as to lie across and control thedischarge end plane of the coin tube and operating to hold the coinstherein until the gate is moved out of the way. rfhe upper `end of thearin 9 extends through the slot 10l of the horizontal piece 10b of thegate 10, as shown in.Fig. 2G. The gate 1() has-limited 85 kmovement onits pivot 10c between the stoplugs 11 andll, integral parts of the arm 9Fig. 26). 1` `urthermore the rear end of the coin-gate is weighted, asat 14, so that when there is no coin in the tube, it will be tilted tothe position shown in the-broken lines of Fig. 23. This constructionprovides for the automatic locking of the coin tube mechanism when thecoinstube is en'rpty; such operation will be hereinafter explained.

The arm 9 seen in Fig. Q3 and the arm 15,

seen in Fig. 1,1, are iliade curved shown lin order to avoid otherparts.

The arm 9 will be rocked clockwise by the operation of the pay-key 15,thereby moving the coin-gate 1() away from the discharge end of thecoin-tubes, and permitting one or more of the latter to drop out bygravity. The number of coins so discharged will depend upon thepreceding operation of the coin restraining or deducting devices herewillstrike a stop-pin 16, projecting from the upright bar 76 and in sodoing lock the pay key 15 against actuation.

A4 series of upright bars as 76 are provided on the rotatable shaft 75,'and will u hereinafter be again referred to and more fully described.Each arm 9 is connected to the corresponding paykey 15 by a vlink like18 or 19, as shown in Figs. 11 and 15. The form of these links is merelyadopted as convenient to avoid other parts. Thus forthe pay-keyscontrolling the penny, nickel and dime tubes, a link formed like .1S andfor the remaining pay-keys ay link formed like 19 is used.

The action of all pay-keys is alike, hence the description of one actionwill be sulficient. I will describe the action ofthe dollar pay-key bythe aid of Fig. l5 and Fig. l'i, the former representing the partsappearing before the pay-key is operated and the latter showing inbroken lines the position of the parts after such operation. W hen thispaykey 15 is depressed, the related arm 9, being vconnected with the keyby link 19, will be partially rotated, moving the gate 10 away, and thecoins contained in the-tibe not restrained by the deducting mechanismwill drop through, out of the chute 20. Springs 2") normally hold thepay-keys against the stop-bar 23. rlhe total value of the coin or coinsejected from the machine will equal the amount marked on the lingerpiece of the pay-lever depressed, less whatever deductious have beenmade by the operation of the deducting mechanism.

The series of pay-keys 15 are connected as detailed'in Figs. 12., and19, so as to act in unity in certain operations. To this end theadjacent pay-keys have clutch-like engagement. l made with hub having aportion cut away, as shown at 24 in Fig. 11, extending two thirds aroundthe hub and formimT a bearing for a projecting portion 2() of the hub ofthe adjacent paykey. As shown in Fig. 11, the projection 26 is adaptedto permit the pay-keys some independent rotary movement, but as shown inFigs. 11 and 12, when any key is depressed all paykeys located to theright thereof will also be operated. A different construction, however,controls the nickel and penny mechanism, hereinafter described.

The normal operation of my coin discharging mechanism is so contrived asto discharge in one action four dollars from the dollar tube, tivepennies from'the penny tube, and single coins from the ren'iainingtubes. The devices so operating the dollar coin-tube are shown in Figs.15 and 11. Swinging bars 27 are pivotally supported by links 28 and 29on the coin-tube 5, and are connected to the pay-keys 15 by the links30. See Fig. 15.

Thelink 29 is slotted at its lower end, and

a projecting arm 31 of the bar 27 has a later` ally projecting pin 32,moving inthe space 33 cut out of the coin-tube. lVhen the bar 27 ismoved forward the pin 32 will be moved under and hold the fifth dollarfrom the bottom. In othercoin-tubes, except that of That is, the keyshank 15 is,

pennies, the pin will be moved under and hold the second coin from thebottom. In the penny tube the pin will hohl the sixth penny from thebottom. By reason of the link 29 being slotted the pin 32 willfurthermore ride on the coin below it, and impose the weight ot' the bar27 thereon; and in so doing the pin 32 will help to eject the coin orcoins below it.

The connections between the coin gate l0, pay-key and bar 27 areshown ona large scale in Fig. ll; these connections are made in such lnannerthat when the pay-key is depressed, the bar 27 will be swung forward toits coin restraining position before the gate l() is rocked forwardsuticiently to release the coin; and so that the gate will be returnedto its normal coin-supporting position before the bar 27 releases therestrained coin.

Thel mechanism shown in Fig. 1G is similar to that shown iu Figs- 15 and15` only the arm 3l carried by the bar 27 is differently located, asrequired for its work. The coins in the views` are designated by en.

In case a certain amount is to be deducted from the change. coinsequivalent to that amount may be held back by the depression of thededucting keys 34, representing in value the amount to be so held back.See Figs. l. l5 and 1U. The deducting keys 34 are fulcrumed on pins 35between the sides ot' the coin tube and are normally held' againststop-pins 34 by springs 341.

Pins 35 are provided on the deducting keys 34, which pins move in thespa-'ce 3G cut out ot' the sides of the coin tube. 'hen a deducting keyis operated the pin mentioned will be moved under a coin and therebyhold the latter and overlying coins from being discharged. The innerends ot each deducting key 34'are formed with a lateral toe 37 (seeFigs. 3, 4, 5 and 5"-) and a cooperating detcnt 3S is pivoted adjaceiitsuch toe` beingnormally held against a stop pin 38 by a spring 3S". Eachof the detents 3S is made with a rearwardly extending finger 39 and alaterally extending hook-shaped arm 4() rounded oit. See Figs. 3. 4 andlatera toe 41 is also formed on the upper portion o. the pawl.

Normally the toe 37 ot' a deducting key will overlie the arm 40 of the'detent (see Fig. 4) but when 'the deducting key is de pressed the toe 37will be moved over the arm 40, thereby temporarily depressing the pawl.IVhen the toe 37 has moved entirely over the pawl, these parts will bepositioned as shown in Fig. 5 and lock the deducting key in depressedposition. IVhen the pawl 38 is rocked clockwise, to break its lockingengagement, the deducting key 34 will resume its'normal position. A trip42 for each detent 38 is pivoted on the movable bar 27, and is normallyheld against a stop-pin 42a by a spring 42". IVhen the bar 27 isactuated as mentioned the latch'42 will be moved under the finger 39 ofthe pawl 38 and when the bar 27 is returned to its normal position 1twill cause the trip 42 to engage with said finger 39 and trip the detent38, thereby releasing all previously operated deducting keys. I alsoprovide supplen'ientary releasmg means, shown in Figs. 21, 22 and 22,whereby the depressed deducting keys may be released independently ofthepay-keys. These bars are made with lateral toes 44 which overlie thelateral toes 4l of the pawls 38. For this purpose slotted bars 43 aremounted vertically slidable on pins 45. The upper ends of said bars haveprojecting pins 46' bearing in a slotted arm 48 pivoted on a shaft 47journaled in the case a.

(lne of the arms 48 (see Fig. 22) is also made with a slot 49 in whichbears a pin 51 of the releasing key 50. Said key is held normally up bythe spring 51 and when depressed will move downward all the bars 43,thereby causing the toes 44 of such bars to bear on the detents 3S andoperating the latter to release the deducting keys, which are thenreturned to their normal or initial positions by the'springs-34b.

The dollar, half-dollar and quartendollar coin-tubes are adapted todischarge directly into the delivery chute 20, as shown in Fig. l5, butthe remaining coin-tubes are provided with shunt-switches 54, which maybe positioned so as to divert the coins released from the coin-tubesinto the fare-till f. This feature is detailed in Figs. 14 and 17. Aswitch-plate 52 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 8, in the coin-tube.rIhe plate 52 is controlled by a spring 55, and has a finger-piece 53.Said plate further has a perpendiculariange 52 which normally forms aclosure for a cut-out portion in the front wall of the coin-tube 3.Laterallyprojecting from the plate is a switch 54, which may be sopositioned by pressing on the finger-piece 53 as to discharge thereleased coins into the fare-till f instead of out of the chute 20.

I shall now describe the devices forrais-v ing the snap bolts i, andalso for locking the parts of the machine against being operated. Ashaft 5G (see Fig. 7) is journaled in the ends of the case a.. Keyed onthis shaftfis a I series of crank-arms 57, of which the one locatednearest the left side'of the partition b is made in the form ofabell-crank 58. A slotted' link 59 connects the pin 2'. with thebell-crank 5S, so that when the latter is rotated clockwise, thesnapbolts i will be drawn upward, but the bell-crank 57 may be rotatedcounterclockwise without affecting said bolts. A rotatable shaftvGO,journaled in the ends of the case, extends back of the coin-tubes and'bears a plurality of rigid hooks 61, each having a bill adapted to beinserted through an open-ing 62 at the top of the intermediate plates7.\of the cointube, and when the shaft 60 is rotated to the left saidbills will enter the coin-tu`bes and bar the extraction of coinstherefrom. Links 63 connect crank-arm 57 with the hooks G1.

On the left end wall'of the case, a, is pivoted at 65 a keeper` 64 (seeFigs. 7 and 10) and lateral toes G7, disposed at an angle to each other.A spring (38 isl arranged to bear against one or the other of the toesG7 and thus hold the keeper G4 in either of its two positions. A link 68connects the upper end oil the. keeper (31 with the crank arm 57 and thelink G3; these parts forming a toggle-joint. Thus all the hooks 61 maybe j thrown into their locking position, and withdrawn again by therotation of said keeper 64. The means for rotating said keeper 64consist of a` tubular bearing 69 arranged as shown in Figs. 1 andti. Inthis bearing 69 is journaled a tubular shaft 70 made with a key-slot'71,adapted to receive the bit 78 of a key 72. See Figs. 8 and 9. The end ofthe key 72 is recessed at 74 for the lug (SG of the keeper (34..' Thebitrof the key prevents the withdrawal of the latter until the shait 56has been rotated into position to operate said locking devices of themachine.

The bars 76 are connected to the bellcrank i7 by slotted links 77.Spring 79 normally holds the bars 7G against a stoppin 80, as shown inFigs. 7 and 17. When the keeper (34 is rotated to operate said lockingmeans the bars 7 G will be rotated clockwise until the upper ends ofsaid bars lie in the paths of motion of the laterally projecting pins 78o't the pay-keys 15 (see Figs. 11 and 15), thereby locking said pay-keysagainst actuation.

It will be seen from- Fig. 7 that a clockwise rotation of the keeper(ist will operate the snap-bolts i and release the tills. .Rotatable onthe shaft 75 (see Figs. 17, 18 and 23) is an arm 81 normally held `by aspring 88 against a stop-pin 81, projecting from a frame member. Saidarm has a `rearwardly projecting piece (see Fig. 18) made with a lateraltoe 83. The forward end'of the arm 81 is made with a hook 84 the portion89a of which is rounded ofl". An upright piece 85 of the arm 81 is madewith a lateral toe 86. Also rotatably mounted on the shaft 75, adjacentthe arm 81 is a companion arm 87, which is held up against the lateraltoe 83, of the arm 81, by a spring 88; see Fig.

'17. The rear of the switch-plate 52 is made with a lateral lug 89. Theswitch-plate 52 may be moved to its position in Fig. 17 by pressing onthe finger piece 53, During such movement the lateral toe 89 will passoier the hook 84 ofthe arm 81, but after' to the rightl (as shown inFigs. 11 and 15), the pm 90 on said arm 9 will depress and "pass overthe arm 87, and the return movement of said arm 9 will cause the pin 90t0 bear, up against the under side of the'arm 87, .in so doing rotatingthe arm 81 away from the. lug 89 of the switch-plate 52, and permittingthe latterto assume its normal position. In the complete returnmovement. of the arm 9 its pin 9() will pass over the arm v87 and permitthe arm 81 to resume its to provide for such circumstances I haveincorporated in my machine ailxiliary meclr anism showninFi gs. 19 and20 which, when actuated, will throw one of the dime ej ecting mechanismsinto inoperative state, and place into operative state one o't' thenickel and penny ejecting mechanisms. The latter and operatingconnections are arranged to make them normally inoperative, and torequire an action on the part of the operator to place them in theiroperativestate. The reason for this is that when, for example, a nickeland ive pennies is wanted, to be included in change for more than adime, the latter` must be held back by the deducting mechanismcontrolling the coin-tube thereof. The penny mechanism is adapted toeject from one'to ive pennies, deductions being made by mechanism theequivalent of that provided for dollars. vThe penny and the two nickelpay-keys marked 5, 5 and 5P in Figs. A2 and 19 are adapted to beoperated.independently of each other; there bein no lpenny pay-key 5P andadjacent nickel pay- V ey 5 are each made with a lug' 92. Avbail 98,pivotally mounted on the ends of saidv extension 91 of the fifteen centspay-key, is adapted to be thrown into and out of en gagement with thelugs 92. When. in engagement, the penny and the two nickel aykeyswill beinterlocked with the fi teen Cents pay-key. The bail 93 has a dog 94',and the extension. 91 of the iften cents pay key is provided with a leafspring 95`\,' made with two iongitudinal grooves in each-y of which thenose of the dog 91 may become seated, thereby holding the arm 93 eitherin or out of engagement with the lugs 92. One end of the dog 91 isconnected to the shiftkey 96 by a link 97, said shift-key beingtulcrumed on a stud 9S on the partition b. When the key 96 is actuatedthe bail 93 will be moved out of engagementwith the lugs 92. The otherend ot' the dog 91 is connected to the shift-key 102 by a link 100 andan .arm 99 fulcrumed on a stud 101 on the partition n indicator plate103 (see Fig. 9.) is so connected to the shift key 102 that when thelatter is depressed said indicator plate will be raised on its hinge,thereby indicating to the operator that the penny mechanism has beenplaced in operative state.

When the penny and adjaeent'nickel discharging mechanism is thrown intoaction the deducting mechanism of the adjacent dime coin-tube issimultaneously actuated as follows: The shift-key 102 is extendeddownward and made with a bifurcated end 10Q the members of which areprovided with lateral lugs 101 and 105. The lug 101 overlies a lug 10Gon the deducting key 31 (marked 10 on black surface in Fig. and the lug105 overlies a lug 107 provided on the detent 3S. See Fig. 20. Thus whenthe shift-key 102` is depressed, the lug 105 will first bear on the lug107 and rock the detent 38, and then the lug 101 will bear on the lug10G of said dime deductin'g key 31 and depress the latter, consequentlythe machine will discharge a nickel and tive pennies instead of a dime.The rocking of theidetent 3S, as apparent, will prevent said dimededucting key from being locked in its depressed position when the shiftkey 90 has been depressed. These devices are so arranged that when theshift key 96 is actuated said dime deducting mechanism will again beplaced in its normal or inactive state. ln other words, when the key 90is depressed the dog 9-1- will be positioned to 'permit the operationot' the dime discharging mechanism, and simultaneously to disconnect thepenny and adjacent nickel discharging mechanism by lit'ting the key 102,in so doing restoring the time deducting mechanism and making the dimemechanism normally operable.

The discharge end 108 of the delivery chute 20 pivotally holds aweighted gate 109 (see Figs. 24: and Q5). which normally closes bygravity and constitutes a coin cup Jfor temporarily holding the expelledcoin. The gate is provided with a finger piece 110, to be engaged by thelingers and thrust into position.= thereby depositing the coins in thehand.

ln Figs. 1 and l l have shown a convenient way in which my machine maybe readily attached to and detached irom its support. The constructionshown embodies resilient bearings for taking up the shocks and jars towhich the car might be subjected. The usual position of the conductor ina "pay as you enter car is on the rear platform. A barred window enableshim to view the interior of the car, and it is on the bars ot' thiswindow that I propose to support mymachine. 111 represent window bars.

A pair of parallel fiat bars 112 (see Figs. 1 and 2) are hinged at theirupper ends on a rod 118. and their lower ends are slotted, as shown at111 in Fig. 1. Latch bars 115 are also hinged on the bar 113, and thelower ends ot the bars 115 being inserted through slots provided in thebars 112. A rod 11G is inserted through holes in the latch ends of thelatch .bars 115v` and rod 116 may be fastened in place by someconvenient form of locking means, for the purpose of locking vmy machinein place. Fastened on the bars 112 are brackets 117. A rod 118, madewith a medial threaded portion 119 is supported by the brackets 117, andlocknuts 120 are ad- `instable on said threaded portion. See Fig. 1.

The back of the case of the machine is provided with ears 121, 122,having journaled in them sheaves 123, 124, respectively.

Said sheaves bear on the rod 118, and tend to hold the machine in avertical position. Compression springs 125 are placed as shown in Fig. 1and constitute shock absorbing means; the upper springs resilientiysupport the machine, while the lower springs yieldingly retard itsupward movenient.

1n order to be able to discharge individual coins from the coin-tubes, 1construct the pay-keys of two parts 15 and 15Kt which for conveniencemay be designated the main part (15) and the auxiliary part (15X). Thelatter is rotatably mounted on the hub of the niain part, and theoperative connections between the pay-key mechanism, the boldba'ckmechanism, and the deducting key mechanism of a coin unit are niade'withsaid auxiliary member 15x. Del ression of the latter merely operates.therefore. the devices of the particular unit:and in order to bringabout cooperative action between the related coin units, the mainl part15 of the pay-key must be depressed. This part has the cooperativeclutch feature operatively connecting all keys to the right of thepavkey operated, as above described. The main part 15 has a fingerportion 15" overlying the auxiliary part 15X (see 27. QS and 29) so thatthe latter is operated by the former. The auxiliary part is heid againstlateral movement on the hub of the main part by means of the.restraining arm 130.

1 claim: 1. A machine of the character described comprising a coin-tubeadapted for holding a column of coins ed ewise and discharging bygravitation; payey mechanism; a gate to release the gate when coin inthe tube.

- bears on the latter; means operated by the pay-key adapted to holdback the. upper coin or coins of the column to be retained ifi thecoin-tube, deducting key mechanism, including a member adapted to beinserted under the coin or coins to be held back when the pay-keymechanism is operated; means for temporarily locking the deductingmechanism against return movement when its key released; other meansadapted to release said locking means, such other means cooperativelyconnected `with the pay-key mechanism and ope ated by the returnmovement o1 the latter. t

2. A machine ot the character described comprising a coin tube adaptedfor holding a column of coins edgewise and discharging by gravitation;pay-key mechanism; a gate operated by the latter controllipg theoutletot the coin-tube; means locking the gate in place, such meansadapted to be operated to release the vate when coin in the coin tubebears on the atter; means operated by the pay-key adapted to hold backthe upper coin or coins of the column to be retained in the coin tube,-and simultaneously impose a weight on the coin or coins to bedischarged; deducting key mechanism including a member adapted to beinserted under the coin or coins to be held back when the pay-keymechanism is operated; means for temporarily locking the deductingmechanism against return movement when its key is released; othe` meansadapted to release said locking means, such other meansy coperativelyconnected with the pay-key mechanism and operated by the return movementof the latter.

3. A machine of the character described comprising a coin-tube adaptedfor holding a column of coins edffewise and discharging by gravitation;pay- (ey mechanism; a gate operated by the latter controlling the outletof the coin-tube; means locking the gate in place, such means adapted tobe operated to release the gate when coin in the cointube bearson thelatter; means operated by the pay-key adapted to hold back the uppercoin or coins of the column to be retained in the coin tube, andsimultaneously impose a weight on the coin or coins to be discharged;deducting key mechanism, including a member adapted to be inserted underthe coin or vcoins to be held back when the pay-key mechanism isoperated; means for temporarily locking the f deducting mechanismagainst `return movement when its key is'A released; other means adaptedto release said locking means, such other mea-ns coperatively connectedwith the pay-key mechanism and operated by the return movement of thelatter; and means for operating said releasing means of the deductingmechanism independently of said pay-key mechanism.

4. In `a machine of the character described,'comprising a coin-tubeadapted for holding a column of coms and discharging by gravitation,pay-key mechanism, a gate operated by the latter controlling the outletof the coin-tube, means operated bythe pay-key and operating to holdback the upper coin or coins of the column when th pay-key is ope `ated;and also adapted to impose downward pressure on the coin or coins tobeexpelled. f

5. In a machine of the characterl described., comprising ba coin-tubeadapted for holding a column and discharging by gravitation, pay-keymechanism. a gate operated by the latter controlling the outlet of the'coin-tube, a movable bar provided with a projecting piece adapted forbeing inserted between two coins, and operative connections betiveensaid bar and the pay-key mechanism including a slotted link adapted tocause the weight of said bar to be imposed on the coin or coins to bedischarged when said gate has been moved from the outlet of thecointube.

(i. In a machine of the character described, the combination of areceiving coin chute provided with an auxiliary outlet, means forbarring such outlet, which means are operable to shunt the coin throughsaid outlet, means, located above said outlet, for arresting the passageof a coin down said chute, said arresting means being independentlyoperable, and connections between said arresting means and said barringmeans adapted to operate the former in unison with the latter.

7. In a machine of the character de` tween the exhibiting member and thecompanion member adapted to operate the former in unison withI thelatter.

8. In ,a machine of the character described, the combination with acoin-tube;

of a rotatable shaft, a hook arm mounted thereon adapted -for beingthrown across the leo top of said coin-tube; and key-controlled -ineansfor locking the said shaft against rotation.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination with acoin-tube provided with a lateral aperture at the top: a rotatableshaft, a hook mounted thereon adapted for entering said aperture ot' thecoin-tube; and key-controlled means for locking the said shaft againstrotation.

l0. In a machine ot' the character described, the combination of acoin-tube, a rotatable shaft, a locking member mounted thereon adaptedfor being thrown across the top of the coins contained in saidcoin-tube; a movable till in the machine; means for locking said till inplace, such means also operatively connected to said shaft; andkey-controlled means for locking said shaft against rotation.

11. In -a, machine of the character described, comprising a coin-tubehaving plural discharge openings, pay-key mechanism and a shuntingswitch located at the discharge end of the coin-tube and movable thereinto shunt the released coin to either of said openings; of means adaptedto hold the switch in place when operated, and connections between saidpay-key mechanism and said switch-holding means, adapted to operate thelatter to release the switch while the operated pay-key is making itsreturn movement.

12. In a machine of the character described, a coin-tube having verti-al and lateral discharge openings; a spring-controlled member pivotedin said coin-tube, the latter having` a wall portion cut away, and saidmember having a wall portion normally constituting' a closure for saidcut-away open ing; a switch on said pivoted member ar- 'ranged normallyparallel to the wall portion ,of the latter, whereby when said pivotedmember is tilted,.the switch will lie across the discharge opening ofthet coin-tube and divert the released coin to said lateral opening ofthe latter: a spring-controlled pivoted arm for holding the pivotedmember in place when operated, and pay-key mechanism having meansadapted to tilt said pivoted arm.l whereby said holding means are thrownofi' while the operated pay-key is making its return movement.

13. In a machine of the character described coin-tubes adapted todischarge by gravitation; pay-key mechanism forgreater and lesser coins:deducting key mechanism adapted to hold back a coin in the tube when thepay-key mechanism is operated; means for temporarily locking thededucting mechanism against return movement when its key is released;other means adapted to release said locking means, such other meanscooperatively connected with the pay-key mechanism and operated by thereturn moveadapted to hold back a coin in the coin-tube when the pay-keymechanism is operated; means for temporarily locking the deductingmechanism against return movement when its key is released; other meansadapted to release said locking means, such other means cooperativelyconnected with the pay-key mechanism and operated by the return movementof the latter; a shift-key and means thereby operated adapted to connectthe paykey mechanism of the greater coin with that ol' the lesser; such.means including other mechanism connected with and adapted tosimultaneously operato said deducting key mechanism ot the greater coin,also the rebasing means oi the temporarily locking means of saiddeducting key mechanism; van auxiliary shift key, and means therebyactuated adapted to reverse the first mentioned shift-key and saiddevices therewith connected.

15. In a machine of the character described coin-tubes adapted todischarge by gravitation; pay-key mechanism for greater and lessercoins; deducting key mechanism adapted to hold back a coin in thecoin-tube when the pay-key mechanism is ope ated; a shift-key and meansthereby operated adapted to connect the pay-key mechanism of the greatercoin with that of the lesser; such means including other mechanismconnected with and adapted to sin'iultaneously operate said deductingkey mechanism of the greater coin; an auxiliary shift key7 and meansthereby actuated adapted to reverse the first mentioned shift-key anddevices therewith connected.

16. In a machine of the character described, a plurality ot' coin-tubes;a gate controlling the out-let ot' each coin-tube; pay-key mechanismoperating such gates, each paykey mechanism comprising main andauxiliary key members, the latter adapted to be operated independentlyo1 the former, the main key members ot' the coin-tubes being operativelyconnected by means causing the simultaneous operation of the pay-keymechanisms of the coins of lower denomination than that of thepay-keyoperatial, the main key-member operatively connected with theauxiliary key-member; deductinganechanism iu cach coin-tube; means fortemporarily locking the deducting mechanism against return movement;other nie-ans for releasing said locking means, and said releasing meanstubes for holding back 'for releasing said locking than that of the paykey ope ated,.the main key member operatively connected with theauxiliary key member;n1eans in the coin a coin or coins; deductingmechanism in each coin tube; means for temporarily locking thededueting'mechanism against return movement; other means means, and suchand said releasing said auxiliary ineinheld-back mechanism meansconnected with bers of said pay keys.

JAMES A. PLOPPEBL Witnesses WM. C. SCHMLTT,

CEGILLONG.

